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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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